Researchers in the Antarctic Peninsula have discovered a new species of Antarctic dragonfish, a new journal study shows. The dragonfish, called the Banded Dragonfish or Akarotaxis gouldae, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctic icefish are transparent, white-blooded fish that lack red blood cells and hemoglobin. Antifreeze proteins in their blood ...

Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we’d call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare venture into? Deep in the icy waters around Antarctica dwell fish that thrive ...

A breeding colony of 60 million fish has been discovered in Antarctica's ice-covered Weddell Sea -- a unique and previously unknown ecosystem that covers an area the size of Malta. A breeding colony ...

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula. The species, named in honor of the recently ...

Antarctic notothenioids represent a remarkable evolutionary radiation of fishes that have flourished in the extreme cold of the Southern Ocean. Their unique adaptations — including specialised ...

TOPSHOT - Night view of glaciers at Chiriguano bay in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica on November 08, 2019. JOHAN ORDONEZ JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images A research team hunting zooplankton ...

A strange deep-sea fish caught in 1989 off the coast of Antarctica has officially been identified as a new species after spending nearly forty years unnoticed in a Russian museum archive. Named ...

Off the coast of Antarctica, scientists aboard a research vessel sorted through the specimens they’d collected. Among the catch were two sea creatures with “large” pores on their throats. It took ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Staying hidden behind sea ice and large waves, sailors aboard a navy patrol boat from New Zealand sneaked up on three suspected poaching ships, then took photos and video of ...